Wlad fighting the way he did is the only reason Povetkin even lasted the distance. Wlad KO's him if he didnt stiffle his own offense like that by grabbing constantly.
Didnt Povetkin get knocked down 4 times? That fight was a series of clich-knockdown-clinch-clinch-knockdown. Quite boring, dont need to see that again.
Not a good fight for Pov. He's very good HW, but Wlad is still the best super HW. AP should focus on getting a shot at the WBC belt!
Shows how bad Wlad actually is that he had to cheat like that against someone as limited as Povetkin. Povetkin should have been awarded the win though via DQ, Wlad is no champ.
I rewatched (some parts of) Klitschko-Povetkin. Wlad should have been dq'd here. Luis Pabon is a terrible ref, why didn't he do anything? Klitschko just pushed and clinched Povetkin the whole time, no boxing match here. And those 'knockdowns' were a joke. Wlad was afraid every time Povetkin went to the inside. I want to see those two fight again in a boxing match, not a wrestling competition.
Fight was completely fair though and well refereed. I cannot believe anyone could watch a performance as professional as Pabon's today and even suggest that he would ever do anything untoward.
If Pabon allowed it then it almost certainly was fair. He's a scholar and a gentleman and I defer to his officiating expertise, just as we all should with today's Donaire fight as well. Plus as we learned earlier in the thread, it doesn't matter if Wlad fouls a bunch because Povetkin didn't look that good for the 30 seconds or so of each round when he wasn't being fouled!
And according to Klittards is was Povetkins own fault he was constantly grabbed, bear hugged, wrestled, elbowed in the back of the head and thrown to the ground because he was stepping inside to get past Wlads jab.
atsch Yeah, we should see more fights against Leapai and other bums. Povetkin will earn his mandatory position back and beat Wlad. Is he fighting Pulev next, or Stiverne?
Isn't wlad the ultimate form of black slickness (jk) Floyd and borenard are the biggest dirty cheats on the planet Hit, and the pull the head down Hit on the break Use elbows in the face Push off and punch Hit on the break Basically wlad is the most skillful boxer of all time to all *****s Unfortunately because he's not black they can't admit it
The referee will tolerate that otherwise Wladimir's entire fighting style will be thrown out the window. Have fun watching a rematch of one guy hugging and molesting his opponent like it's a UFC fight on your legs, I'll pass and watch anything(literally) else.